Loosing a brother or a sister
"How are your parents?" was the question Amélie heard when her younger brother Dominique died in a car accident. Are you not allowed to be sad and to suffer when you loose your brother?
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Montligeon is your home!
On Sunday June 30, hundreds of bikers will be in Montligeon for a motorcycle blessing ceremony. Even if you rarely or never set foot in church, Montligeon is your place!
The blessing of bikers, a confirmed success
Purring engines, with a mixture of good humor and seriousness - such are the ingredients contributing to the the success of the blessing of bikers on June 25 at Montligeon. As our reporters slalomed between the motorcycles, they made some very interesting encounters. Some participants shared their stories.
Recovering from grief
Bérangère and Stéphane have both suffered the bereavement of someone close to them. We met them at Montligeon on All Saints’ Day. They talked to us about death and gave us their advice on how to get better after bereavement.…
The Montligeon obituary
Visitors to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Montligeon in the Orne region of France are often intrigued by an imposing cupboard known as the “obituary”. It contains the names of all members of the Fraternité Notre-Dame de Montligeon since 1884.…
Let’s not wait for purgatory to love!
What happens at the moment of death? Accordint to the Church, judgment takes place when the soul separates from the body. This encourages us to learn to love and forgive right now.
Can we forgive the unforgivable?
Melanie's life was ruined by narcissistic perverts. She wrote to the Shrine to express her incomprehension and inability to forgive. Here is her letter, along with Don Paul Denizot's answer. The fundamental question being: Can we forgive the unforgivable?
How long shall we spend in purgatory?
Since purgatory is a preparatory stage to paradise, it would seem that we spend a certain amount of time there. But the most pressing question is: how much?
Why does purgatory exist?
Far from being a time to suffer God's vengeance, Purgatory is where we will be purified and learn to love
“Death does not scare me”
Michèle Félix came all the way from Belgium. She shares her tetimony: she's not afraid to die. At Montligeon, she discovered that every mass prepares us for death.